{"id":551963,"date":"2026-03-29T08:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551963\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:12:20","slug":"a-lot-easier-than-i-expected-sebastian-fundora-on-thurman-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551963\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A lot easier than I expected\u2019: Sebastian Fundora on Thurman thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sebastian Fundora faced almost no resistance tonight in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/live-boxing-updates\/113997\/sebastian-fundora-vs-keith-thurman-live-streaming-results-and-updates-how-to-watch-start-time\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one-sided beatdown win<\/a> over Keith Thurman, and told PBC\u2019s Jim Gray after the bout that he thought the fight would be tougher than it was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt was a lot easier than I expected,\u201d he admitted in his post-fight interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fundora (24-1-1, 16 KO) said that he had been \u201ca little nervous\u201d earlier in the day, because Thurman (31-2, 23 KO) has been such a \u201cbig name\u201d in the sport over the years, and was probably the biggest-name opponent that Fundora has faced to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cBut I reminded myself,\u201d he said, \u201cas soon as you step in the ring, you\u2019re in my world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fundora, 28, dominated the action from the opening bell, and although the 37-year-old Thurman looked willing to go out on his shield \u2014 and he had been trying to find a way into the fight, however desperate it was \u2014 referee Thomas Taylor stopped the bout in round six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It could be the end of the road for the veteran Thurman, while Fundora says that he\u2019s willing to face anyone next, and that he believes the 154 lb division is the best in the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fundora retained his WBC super welterweight title with the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sebastian Fundora faced almost no resistance tonight in a one-sided beatdown win over Keith Thurman, and told PBC\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64421,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-551963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-boxing-news","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}